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Anonymous User wrote:School Range: Chicago or NorthwesternMarket(s): Chi, NYC (contingency plan)Approx. class rank: Top 5%Law Review: YWork experience: 2+ years paralegal; political work in college came up a lot in my interviewsIP: NoAnything else that might have an impact: Had scheduling issues that made me not get interviews until very late (or at all) with some top firms that were good targets for my stats (Kirkland/Sidley Chi and the V5 in NYC). DO NOT MISS ANY PART OF OCI. I'm also interested only in transactional work.Self-assessed interview capability: 5. My interviewing and speaking is nothing special.Screening interviews: 25 (22 Chi, 3 NYC)Mass mails: 6 (NYC) led to 2 additional screenings and callbacks.Callbacks received: 12 (7 Chi, 5 NYC)Callbacks accepted: 10 (5 Chi, 5 NYC).Offers: 3 NYC (V10, V15, V50); 2 Chi (V30, V50)

Comments: Still debating between the two Chicago offers, and leaning toward the V30. Concerned about whether or not there's enough transactional work to go around there, but if there is, it's a great firm for me. If not, I should be competitive at 3L OCI.

Anonymous User wrote:School range: T 25Market(s): Chicago, MinneapolisApprox. class rank: Top 15 %Law review: "Secondary," though it is more selective/more well-known than our law review (I chose this over law review)Work experience: Straight from CollegeIP background: NoAnything else that might have an impact?: Good "softs"-- President of student body, etc.Self-assessed interview ability (1-10): 9Screening Interviews: 13Mass mails: 0Callbacks received: 10Callbacks accepted: 8Offers: 4-- One v100. Accepted from a v200 and one of the largest firms in U.S.

Flame, or most unusual bid strategy ever? What's the reason for the low number of screening, UVA student?

I actually had an offer by early September from interviews I had done over the summer. Thus, I could cancel most of my screening interviews because I wouldn't have taken any of those firms over the one I got an offer at. Basically, I only did callbacks with firms I really liked and knew I would work for. As for the low number of OGI screenings, 9 was the average at my school, so I think 12 was pretty good considering my GPA and lack of any Journal. And how did you know I'm UVA?

Flame, or most unusual bid strategy ever? What's the reason for the low number of screening, UVA student?

I actually had an offer by early September from interviews I had done over the summer. Thus, I could cancel most of my screening interviews because I wouldn't have taken any of those firms over the one I got an offer at. Basically, I only did callbacks with firms I really liked and knew I would work for. As for the low number of OGI screenings, 9 was the average at my school, so I think 12 was pretty good considering my GPA and lack of any Journal. And how did you know I'm UVA?

Flame, or most unusual bid strategy ever? What's the reason for the low number of screening, UVA student?

I actually had an offer by early September from interviews I had done over the summer. Thus, I could cancel most of my screening interviews because I wouldn't have taken any of those firms over the one I got an offer at. Basically, I only did callbacks with firms I really liked and knew I would work for. As for the low number of OGI screenings, 9 was the average at my school, so I think 12 was pretty good considering my GPA and lack of any Journal. And how did you know I'm UVA?

School range: transfer from east coast school in the 60s to an east coast T20Market(s): DC, NY, LA, Philly, Delaware, Boston, Greenland, and the MoonApprox. class rank: 10-15% at 1L school...no rank at current schoolLaw review: Yes at 1L school. Now...le sighWork experience: nothing substantive, but plenty of odds and endsIP background: Yes, BMEAnything else that might have an impact?: nope, I'm just plain vanillaSelf-assessed interview ability (1-10): varies w/ my mood, but I'm a pretty normal doodScreening Interviews: 27Mass mails: 10ish...one of which resulted in a CB, LOLCallbacks received: 12: 2 NY, 2 LA, 2 Delaware, 5 DC, 1 PhillyCallbacks accepted: 10 (turned down Philly and one DC CB)Offers: 2 (2 AmLaw200 IP boutiques in NYC, which were two of my top 3 choices ), 5 rejections (mostly regional/unranked firms in home market/areas where I had 0 ties, like LA)...I declined consideration from 3 (V100, V60, and one amlaw/nlj firm) after the other two offers came in!Accepted one of the NYC IP boutiques!

Advice for next year: (1) Stay up to date with your work because travelling for CBs takes lots of time (2) if you're IP, DO PLIP - not only was the interviewing experience invaluable, but I landed at least one offer from it (only got a couple of screening interviews, too), (3) over-studying for interviews made me more awkward, and (4) go into EVERY INTERVIEW armed with questions...ESPECIALLY during CBs - so many times the interviewer would finish his/her schtick asking me some facially relevant resume questions, then leave like 20 minutes for my questions.

If I could have done something different: MASS MAIL--I've heard lots of success stories with this, and my campaign took place in late August and was really weak. I should've started way earlier and hit way more firms (DC, especially, since I didn't land any firms I liked there...to be sure, however, DC was a bloodbath this year, so maybe it was a function of my weak credentials).

Flame, or most unusual bid strategy ever? What's the reason for the low number of screening, UVA student?

I actually had an offer by early September from interviews I had done over the summer. Thus, I could cancel most of my screening interviews because I wouldn't have taken any of those firms over the one I got an offer at. Basically, I only did callbacks with firms I really liked and knew I would work for. As for the low number of OGI screenings, 9 was the average at my school, so I think 12 was pretty good considering my GPA and lack of any Journal. And how did you know I'm UVA?

You definitely took a non-traditional path but this makes sense - and yah, you definitely did v-well, like pushing the bounds of possibility well, that's why I was suspicious. Congratulations.

Guessed UVA based on the low number of screening interviews. I don't know if its the pre-select thing but UVA people tend to have less screenings than people at MP.

School range: BU/BCMarket(s): NY, BostonApprox. class rank: 15%Law review: SecondaryWork experience: 1 yr. at well known professional services firmIP background: NoAnything else that might have an impact?: Self-assessed interview ability (1-10): 9Screening Interviews: 28Mass mails: 50; ended up in one call back at major NY firm, a couple at mid-sizeCallbacks received: 15Callbacks accepted: 12Offers: 3; V100(NY), Major mid-size in Boston, V5 in Boston. 3 dings, withdrew at the rest after I got my first choice.

Congrats on the offers. Do you get the sense that your median peers fared similarly or that you did much better? There were rumors that UofC was a bloodbath this year (assuming that's where you go)... any substance to those?

Congrats on the offers. Do you get the sense that your median peers fared similarly or that you did much better? There were rumors that UofC was a bloodbath this year (assuming that's where you go)... any substance to those?

My sense was that everybody at median did okay as long as they had decent interviewing skills (i.e., not terribly awkward). I think everybody got at least one offer, depending on the market they were targeting. DC was difficult, but not impossible if you had legitimate connections. California seemed particularly hard to break into. I know of a few people below median who got offers, and wouldn't be surprised if there were more. (People still don't really talk about grades so it's hard to tell who is above or below the median).

It was pretty tough this year, though. There are still many people looking for jobs right now.

Thanks for the info. Do you think your experience (getting 10 CB and 1+ offers) was typical for NYU students at/slightly below/slightly above median?

I'm the poster you quoted-

It's hard to answer your question, since people don't talk about grades or how many callbacks they have. And offers don't perfectly correlate with grades. I can only offer a guess based on a limited sample, but most people I know did multiple callbacks and have offers (and I don't exclusively hang out with the law review staff), including my friends who have told me they have "below average" grades. It's a complete guess, but I think 10 callbacks is above average for my grade range, and one offer is average or below average.

That said, I know a couple of people that didn't get anything through EIW and are still looking.

Thanks for the info. Do you think your experience (getting 10 CB and 1+ offers) was typical for NYU students at/slightly below/slightly above median?

I'm the poster you quoted-

It's hard to answer your question, since people don't talk about grades or how many callbacks they have. And offers don't perfectly correlate with grades. I can only offer a guess based on a limited sample, but most people I know did multiple callbacks and have offers (and I don't exclusively hang out with the law review staff), including my friends who have told me they have "below average" grades. It's a complete guess, but I think 10 callbacks is above average for my grade range, and one offer is average or below average.

That said, I know a couple of people that didn't get anything through EIW and are still looking.

I am curious because I also had a low offer to callback rate (I go to another t-14) - was this typical for a lot of people at NYU? I found it harder to land an offer than callbacks.

School Range: 20-40Market: NYCApprox. Class Rank: ~top 20% (officially above the top quarter cutoff, told by the dean of more precise ranking)Journal: SecondaryWork Experience: 1 year, (very) unrelated fieldIP: NoSelf-Assessed Interview Capability: completely dependent on the circumstances/whether the job is a good fitScreening Interviews: 11Callbacks Received: 0Offers: Offered an internship in house (at a company in my field) for the school year, not via OCI. Accepted immediately, and will hopefully make connections for the summer here.

Were there other factors at play? Yes, almost certainly. Unusual background + ambivalence about biglaw. In my GPA range at this school, most people got at least one callback, though this was not the guaranteed offer zone. In my case it isn't a bad thing, and my company has hired new law school grads directly from school.